lies

If anyone knows me, they know that I am in essence a lie detector…and I have to tell you, it stinks. Deception, small or large, bothers me. Lies of omission, where only part of the truth is told, or a version of the truth, are included in this.

When someone lies to me, first I check in with the gut feeling I get. I always ask myself these questions:

Is it something I have done? Yes/no?

Why wouldn’t they just tell me the truth?

Why did they feel the need to lie?

Here’s the truth. The lie was never about me in any of the cases, but it still hurts just the same. They obviously felt like they couldn’t tell me the truth because maybe this is always their default pattern. Again, not my pattern, but theirs. The reason they felt the need to lie is something that is in them…and that’s actually where my recovery process starts.

How to Recover From Being Lied to:

In the moment, you have a quick decision to make. Do you know them well enough to call them out on it and what is that going to do to your relationship? Chances are, if you are reading this, you are just trying to move on with your life because it hurts and you know that calling them out on it isn’t going to change the behavior. The only behavior we can truly change is our own and our reactions.

Being taken advantage of actually means you are honest…and yes, it still hurts. I treat people the way I want to be treated. I would want people to tell me the truth and therefore I think others feel the same way. This is actually not the case as I have learned over and over again. Would it change the way I treat others? No…it just has to change the way I handle that particular person.

I let myself be angry. I have a friend that I trust and not many fit that list. I will go to that friend and that friend only to discuss the event. It helps me to know that I am not alone. They usually have a story to tell me about something that relates and our personalities are similar so I trust them. Trust means a whole hell of a lot to me. It is not something I take lightly.

Lying is a vicious cycle that will catch up to them. I had a narcissist friend for many years. The lies were so thick that I think she actually thought she had fooled someone, but it wasn’t me. Maybe it worked on other people, but I know that one day it will all come out. It doesn’t matter if I am around or not, it will come out. This includes co-workers, your boss, friends, partners, business folks, you name them, if they keep it up, they will get caught.

Keep being real. It really does hurt. I know this. Especially if you see evidence in social media right in front of your face numerous times. You can lower your vibration by stooping to their level or you can rise above. Countless times I have seen people who have cheated on their spouse, lied about where they are, tagged such in such in a photo proclaiming love, said they were too broke to go out with you then went somewhere else with someone else, you name it. You know who you are and that’s all that matters. Why they are doing this is their karma.

If you can move away from the situation over time, it really will help you heal. Check out these articles for a little bit more:

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Occasionally, someone has to be the bad guy. You know that one friend who really wants you to succeed so they tell you something you really don’t want to hear. Well, that’s me today.

Life is going to be a million different things for you. It’s going to be beautiful and brilliant one moment and the next is going to suck big time. You’re going to be up one moment only to be smacked down again a minute later. You’re going to be minding your own business going to your “routine” doctor’s appointment and then you get told that a few more tests are needed. So you panic…and go from point A to Z in your head in a matter of minutes. But the bottom line is, it’s your reaction that counts. It’s what you do in those terrible moments that define you.

I remember getting the news that I had a few incurable diseases. If not treated, they could have killed me, yes. But I was 23 years old so you know, I probably had the same amount of time as others ahead of me. That was before I was even married, before I even really thought about being a mom, before I said yes to my first real job and before I had ever even bought a house, experienced the joy of paying bills and taxes and whatever being an adult encompassed.

Some of you have heard this part before, but for those who want to learn more here are a few posts from the early days, and the rest of you can keep reading after this:

So, I do get it folks. I do. In full disclosure…I don’t mind pissing people off with the truth. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it’s liberating, sometimes it’s messy and ugly and then you wake up the next day and you feel amazing! Why? Because maybe you weren’t fully being honest with yourself about who you are and maybe you were hiding living in your truth. So that “courage” it took you to finally speak your truth feels better. Like you are finally living in your own skin. Well, it’s time for you to stop telling yourself these things.

Lies that keep you from moving forward:

I will never _____. The truth is, if you start something off with that, you won’t. Period. I will never find a person who loves me (says your mind, or your status). I will never get that promotion. Oh that can never be me. It won’t. Not with that attitude. So what does one do with this? You take baby steps with your mind. Okay, right now the situation seems out of my control. So what can I control? My reaction. My thoughts. My ability to change me. I will one day feel amazing again. I just know it. <<< So that was my head after 5 years of pain. Straight and constant pain daily had almost gotten me to I will never…and I realized that I had to do something drastic. I had to start saying “One day I will….” and I got there.

They are just lucky. You have convinced yourself that someone else is more entitled to a share of luck than you are. You are therefore not as lucky and will never have whatever it is. What you don’t know is that “they” have worked their ass off for whatever it is. They have felt defeat so many times it wasn’t funny. They were trying their best one day and were on the 50th time of trying to get ahead when it finally happened for them. So what can you do? Start small again. This is exactly what I teach my Club. Look, I never knew the word “manifestation”. I didn’t watch the “Secret” and I don’t care what that secret was because I know I have it figured out. I believed that “it” whatever it was, was going to happen for me. So in the beginning, it was just to live without pain. That was enough for me because it would mean I had my life back again. I was going to create my own luck and that is exactly what I teach.

The past or future is better than right now. Achoo bullshit. Sorry. I call it like I see it. I miss the past too sometimes. And yes, there’s grief for people I lost, but I know for a fact they wouldn’t want me to live that way. I did take an entire year to grieve once and I don’t regret it. But then it was time to pick myself up and keep moving forward. Of course, shortly after that I was diagnosed with my first disease, but I did keep moving forward. So what can you do? Create Mindful Moments. If it is very hard to live in this moment right now, try to notice when and where your thoughts wander. Gently pull them back to the present moment. I am not saying yoga cures everything, but it does actually change you. I brought myself to my mat and practiced what I needed to do. Time and time again until it became less practice and more second nature. If my mind strayed to the pain, I would then focus on the way my hand was pressing into the mat. The way the next day, it was easier to hold a position for a few seconds longer than the day before. Until one day, I did something I worked on for an entire year and I will never forget the way my buddy smiled at me as I said hey, look at me!! I did it. There was this internal glow that I created all for myself and I had that power within me…so do you my friend.

I’m not saying that I have all the answers because I don’t. I just know that you are capable of so much more than you give yourself credit for. Over the course of my 200 hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, I doubted myself more times than I can count. I would come home and soak in the tub and be in immense pain. I would look up at the heavens and ask why me. But the answer was always the same “why not me?” and so I learned to stop telling myself lies. I really could do this.

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So I got told once in a private message. SHAME on me. Shame on me. The problem was, I didn’t feel shame. She did. She was projecting her shame or what action she felt should be shameful on me. Hmm. Let me break it down for you. Remember when I talked about vulnerability last year? If not, see this post on Daring greatly. There are people I used to know who were very very afraid of the truth. They were afraid of being vulnerable. They were afraid of letting others see who they truly were. And they have perfected the art of being “normal” so much so that I could not have a conversation with them. All but one. One of them, I thought, could be honest with herself. Because in the end, that’s what it was about. Honesty on a level so deep that the only other being who knows this is God. Because really, do you think you are fooling Him? You aren’t.

I absolutely loved it when Brené Brown said she had the worst “vulnerability hangover” ever after telling a crowd of 500 people at the TED convention that she had a breakdown. She said she didn’t come out of her house for 3 days. When she gets up and talks about Listening to shame, she says this “TED is like the failure conference. No, it is. You know why this place is amazing? Because very few people here are afraid to fail. And no one who gets on the stage, so far that I’ve seen, has not failed. I’ve failed miserably, many times. I don’t think the world understands that because of shame.” Amen sister. Amen.

“Shame is I am bad. Guilt is I did something bad. How many of you if you did something that was hurtful to me would be willing to say I’m sorry I made a mistake? Guilt. Shame. I’m sorry I AM a mistake.There’s a huge difference between shame and guilt.” She goes on to speak about how women and men feel shame differently. “If we’re going to find our way back to each other we have to understand and know empathy. Empathy’s the antidote to shame. If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. The two most powerful words when we’re in struggle: me too.” When she says that if we are going to find our way back to each other and that vulnerability is going to be that path, then I ask you, why put down the person who opens up to you? Why judge? Why condemn them for the telling you something that might have been hard to say? Because you actually feel shame. Not them. You have more to hide than the person being vulnerable.

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Sometimes, I wish I wasn’t so Scorpio. Here are some things about being a Scorpio which I find to be true.

Do not try to manipulate a Scorpio. They can smell it a mile away. This is so me. I know what you are trying to do. Just tell me the truth. Here is what I need…it works so much better that way.

Scorpios are tenacious and very stubborn, so much so, that if you think they have finally given up, think again. They’re coming back with a plan B. Yes! I love this truth. It’s always time for plan B, and C.

You have little to no patience with the superficial sort as a Scorpio. Bingo. I’m not talking about wanting to look good so you feel good here. I’m talking about needing to hide you and your 1,000 new profile photos.

HARD truth…being able to know what’s happening without anyone telling you by just fitting the pieces together. This one makes it very hard on us because when you lie about what’s going on, we know. We JUST know.

Introspective and independent. A Scorpio often withdraws to handle problems, stress, and other life drama ALONE. We have to do this our way. Period. You either understand or you don’t. For us, there is no middle ground.

Once I deem you as untrustworthy, you become a mere acquaintance. Never again a friend. Very, very true. You will also see less of me. It’s just the way it is.

Number one sign of a Scorpio, they can smell a lie a mile away. Beware. Scorpios tend to be excellent judges in character. They can see and hear what you do not say. It is that point, that one point, that you must remember in ALL your dealings with a true Scorpio.

I am intense, loyal, demanding, loving, truthful, passionate, sensitive, and at times, emotional. All of this leads up to fun times. I actually like other Scorpios because once we have had our say, we are all good. Most of the Scorpios I have met would rather tell you what’s on their mind than tell you a lie. I love talking to other Scorpios because we seek the bottom line. Don’t make up some fluff to smooth things over…we see right through it.

I can’t go back and change the past, but I can keep moving forward. I don’t mind my hermit stages in life, because they are needed for growth. I am slowly coming out of my last hermit stage, and I don’t regret any choices made while there.

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